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Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the August
Sallas papers on the Chicago Typographical Union; the Chicago Typographical Union
No. 16 records, and publications by and about the CTU.

Constitutions, by-laws, meeting minutes, membership lists, correspondence,
election material, grievances and other items concerning Andrew Placente's
work with the Chicago Typographical Union, the International Typographical
Union, and the Illinois Typographical Conference. Includes two histories of
the ITU, a centennial history of the CTU, and a history of the Woodruff Randolph
Training Center.

Andrew Placente was a union member and activist who joined Chicago Typographical
Union No. 16 (CTU) in 1941. He ran for CTU president in 1963 on the Chicago
Progressives Club platform and was active in the Illinois Typographical
Conference throughout his working career. CTU is Local 16 of the International
Typographical Union.

Series 3 covers union related topics including histories of the International
Typographical Union published for its 1934 and 1950 conventions, a CTU No. 16
centennial souvenir book published in 1952, an account of the Woodruff Randolph
Training Center (1973), and other pamphlets, newsletters, and flyers.

Biographical/historical note; Andrew Placente was a union member and activist who joined Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 (CTU) in 1941. He ran for CTU president in 1963 on the Chicago Progressives Club platform and was active in the Illinois Typographical Conference throughout his working career. CTU is Local 16 of the International Typographical Union.

Constitutions, by-laws, meeting minutes, membership lists, correspondence, election material, grievances and other items concerning Andrew Placente's work with the Chicago Typographical Union, the International Typographical Union, and the Illinois Typographical Conference. Includes two histories of the ITU, a centennial history of the CTU, and a history of the Woodruff Randolph Training Center.